Atlantic City Marathon

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Atlantic City Marathon
Atlantic City Boardwalk td (2019-04-07) 009 - Dennis Hotel.jpg
The start and finish lines are on the boardwalk in front of the Dennis Courtyard of Bally's Atlantic City
DateOctober
Location Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Event type Road
(about 8 mi (13 km) on a boardwalk) [1]
Distance Marathon
Established1960(64 years ago) (1960) [lower-alpha 1]
Official site https://www.acraceseries.com/event-information
Participants623 finishers (2019) [6]

The Atlantic City Marathon is the third oldest active marathon in the United States. [7] It typically takes place the third weekend in October.

Contents

Course

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Searchtool.svg Course map of full marathon in 2019 [8]

The marathon runs on a loop course that begins and ends in front of Bally's Atlantic City, with about 8 mi (13 km) of the race being run on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. [8] [1]

Races

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Notes

  1. Although the race's web site claims that the marathon was established in 1958, a number of other sources, including a statement regarding a memory of the race founder's son printed in a USA Track & Field publication, state that the race was founded in 1959. [1] [2] [3] In addition, both the Association of Road Racing Statisticians and the Asbury Park Press state that the inaugural race was held in 1960. [4] [5]

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References

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  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929001948/https://runscore.com/coursemeasurement/MeasurementNews/MN133Fall06.pdf
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  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929003441/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/144107451/
  6. "Atlantic City Marathon Race Results 2019". www.marathonguide.com.
  7. "ACRaceSeries.com".
  8. 1 2 "Atlantic City Marathon Race Series". July 20, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-20.
  9. "ACRaceSeries" . Retrieved 18 Feb 2022.